running broad jump

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Chief star: R. M. N. Tisdall, rangy Irishman, who won the shot put, running broad jump, 20-yard high hurdles, quarter-mile.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Mr. Hartley is the proud possessor of the English championship belt for running broad jump, having cleared something over 45 feet."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914 by Various

It is spectacular, that is all; not so the running broad jump.

From Healthful Sports for Boys by Rochefort, Alfred

If you can beat me nearly a foot and a half at the running broad jump, you ought to be able to beat me at the high jump.

From Frank Merriwell's Chums by Standish, Burt L.

He had done his nineteen feet in the running broad jump.

From Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport by McFall, J. V.